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This chapter provides a description of the current state of the global solar thermal industry and market along with future possibilities of research and development in the PV/T industry. An outline for the criteria of technical, economic, and environmental performance of PV/T systems is laid out. Various conventional and novel designs of PV/T systems are revisited and studied as theoretical and practical studies. The various configurations of PV/T collectors such as grid-connected PV/T (GCPV/T) and building-integrated PV/T (BIPV/T) are discussed as well. Commercial and industrial solutions and initiative are PV and PV/T systems which are discussed with emphasis on examining the difficulties and barriers associated with delay of PV/T proliferation. Finally, the commercial PV/T products, and PV/T applications, installed by different companies are displayed.

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    Ali H. A. Al-Waeli & Kamaruzzaman Sopian

  2. Faculty of Engineering, Sohar University, Sohar, Oman

    Hussein A. Kazem

  3. Energy and Renewable Energies Technology Center, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq

    Miqdam Tariq Chaichan

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Al-Waeli, A.H.A., Kazem, H.A., Chaichan, M.T., Sopian, K. (2019). Applications and PV/T Systems. In: Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27824-3_6

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